Mandawa, where animals go to die.

Hello all, fresh off my picture posting success I've decided to give you a breif on my whereabouts. Beth and New Kid James and I are in day 5 of our 14 day tour of Rajastan, and time seems to be speeding up. The last five days, and four cities, have gone by in a flash.

The tour: Booked in a spur of the moment decision in Delhi the day we got there. This decision may have been affected by the three days we had spent in the timeslip of international airports and the panic induced by our lost luggage. I'll stand by it though. We've got a car and driver, and another half-mini-driver, a driver in training named Ali. We're seeing all the hot spots of Rajastan in relative style and relative comfort, and saving a lot of time and worry over busses and trains.

We spent our first night in Mandawa, a village a few hours outside of Delhi which is famous for it's old houses. Some old houses. They were actually quite beautiful. Mandawa was having some kind of problem with cows and street dogs apparently just dropping dead on the street, so there were quite a few bloating bodies to avoid, but the hotel we stayed at was the nicest we had seen yet in India and beautifully painted. (check it out.. pictures!)



After Mandawa we headed for Bikaner, then for Jaisalmer. Both Bikaner and Jaisalmer (like all of the popular cities of Rajastan feature big giant beautiful old stone forts. Very Large, very.. fortified. ooh, it seems that I've run out of time at the internet cafe, more on Rajastan to follow, and I'll leave you with a picture from the roof deck in Bikaner. Everything's going great out here, and the foods getting better and better.


Next Stop: Jodhpur